So he called him in and asked him, 'What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, because you cannot be manager any longer.'

' ... And having called him, he said to him, 'What is this I hear concerning you? Give the account of your stewardship, for you are not able to manage any longer.

This often-controversial parable is meant to teach Jesus' disciples to be clever in worldly ways while building treasure for the kingdom of God.

And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.

Luke 16:2 So he called him in and asked him, 'What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, because you cannot be manager any longer.'.

Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.

And the steward said within himself, What shall I do, seeing that my lord taketh away the stewardship from me? I have not strength to dig; to beg I am ashamed.

And he called him and said to him, 'What is this that I hear about you? Turn in the account of your management, for you can no longer be manager.'

Jesus tells His disciples the Parable of the Unrighteous Steward. It is about a manager of a rich man's estate who is fired for bad stewardship. Unsure of how ...

The steward cannot deny it; he must make up his accounts, and be gone. This may teach us that death will come, and deprive us of the opportunities we now have.